Top Schools

Hickey College, which was ranked 74th nationwide in 2010, is the top-ranked school in Missouri that has a bookkeeping program. It is located in Saint Louis.
14 students graduated with a certificate in bookkeeping from Hickey College in 2010.
Tuition at Hickey College was $13,430 per year.

North Central Missouri College, which is located in Trenton, is the second-ranked school in Missouri that has a bookkeeping program. It received a ranking of 78th in the country in 2010.
2 students graduated with certificate in bookkeeping from North Central Missouri College in 2010.
Tuition at North Central Missouri College was $2,550 per year.

The third-ranked school in Missouri that has a bookkeeping program is Mineral Area College. Mineral Area College, which was ranked 81st in the country in 2010, is located in Park Hills.
1 students graduated with certificate in bookkeeping from Mineral Area College in 2010.
Students at Mineral Area College paid $2,590 per year in tuition fees.

Cost

If you choose to attend a Missouri bookkeeping school, average tuition will be $3,985 per year. However, tuition at your particular institution may range from $1,704 per year to $13,430 per year.
The highest tuition rates in 2010 at Missouri bookkeeping schools were charged at the following schools:

Hickey College - located in Saint Louis, students are charged $13,430 per year

National American University-Independence - located in Independence, students are charged $12,565 per year

Three Rivers Community College - located in Poplar Bluff, students are charged $2,898 per year

The following Missouri bookkeeping schools had the lowest tuition rates:

East Central College - located in Union, students are charged $1,704 per year

St Charles Community College - located in Saint Peters, students are charged $1,920 per year

Jefferson College - located in Hillsboro, students are charged $2,040 per year

A bookkeeping certificate from a Missouri school... what next?

The highest percentage of bookkeeping graduates in Missouri pursue careers as a bookkeeping clerk.
In 2010, there were 32,800 bookkeeping clerks working in Missouri.
In Missouri, the largest numbers of bookkeeping clerks work in the following counties:

Bond County - 15,140 bookkeeping clerks

Franklin County - 12,650 bookkeeping clerks

Christian County - 2,300 bookkeeping clerks

Projected Growth

According the US Bureau of Labor Statistics the number of bookkeeping clerks is expected to grow by 2% by 2018. There are projected to be 40,800 bookkeeping clerks working in the Missouri then.

Salary

On average, bookkeeping clerks earn $32,580 per year.
However, Missouri bookkeeping clerks earned anywhere in the range from as less than $16,640 per year to more than $43,660 per year in 2010.
A bookkeeping clerk in the following Missouri counties makes the highest salaries on average:

Bond County - $35,600 per year

Franklin County - $34,910 per year

Boone County - $31,580 per year

The following counties in Missouri have the lowest average salaries for bookkeeping clerks:

Butler County - $25,710 per year

Adair County - $26,250 per year

Audrain County - $26,870 per year

More Information

For more data regarding a career in bookkeeping in Missouri and to compare salaries with various related fields such as small business or finance, take a look at the graphs and charts below.